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SPANISH WORD LIST LEVEL 2

Unit 5  On the wild side

WORDS AND PHRASES
Word / Phrase Translation Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Definition Sample Sentence
authoritarian autoritario adjective /ɔˌθɔrɪˈteriən/ controlling everything The lives of the
and forcing people citizens were strictly
to obey strict rules controlled by an
and laws authoritarian regime.
become extinct extinguirse phrase /bɪˈkʌm ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ if an animal or plant Many of these species
becomes extinct, it no are becoming extinct
longer exists before they are even
studied.
captivity cautividad noun /kæpˈtɪvəti/ a situation in which Many of the animals
wild animals are kept in the zoo were born
in a place such as a in captivity.
park or zoo instead of
living in their natural
environment
colony colonia noun /ˈkɑləni/ a group of animals A colony of bats lived
or birds of the same in the cave.
type that live in the
same area
committee comité noun /kəˈmɪti/ a group of people who The management
are chosen to represent committee are
an organization, and meeting to discuss
who meet, discuss the policy.
and suggest what
action the organization
should take
compromise ceder verb /ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz/ to solve a problem or Her refusal to
end an argument by compromise
accepting that you infuriated her
cannot have everything colleagues.
that you want
consensus consenso noun /kənˈsensəs/ agreement among all We are still hopeful
the people involved that further talks will
result in a consensus.
endangered especies en noun /ɪnˌdeɪndʒə(r)d a type of animal or The national park is
species peligro ˈspiʃiz/ plant that may soon home to a number of
become extinct endangered species.
habitat hábitat noun /ˈhæbɪˌtæt/ the type of place where This rare bird is in
a particular plant or danger of losing its
animal lives naturally natural habitat.
highly effective altamente eficaz phrase /ˈhaɪli ɪˈfektɪv/ someone or something The new vaccine
that is highly effective is highly effective
works very well against all strains of
the disease.

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Word / Phrase Translation Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Definition Sample Sentence
majority rule por mayoría phrase /məˈdʒɔrəti ˈrul/ a way of making We reached a
decisions by holding decision by majority
a vote on two or more rule, although not
options: each person everyone at the
gets one vote, and the meeting agreed
option that receives the with the plan to sell
most votes wins the company.
overestimated sobrestimado adjective /ˌoʊvərˈestɪˌmeɪtɪd/ a number or an amount They overestimated
that is overestimated is the number of guests
not as high as someone and had a lot of food
thinks or guesses left over.
pesticide pesticida noun /ˈpestɪˌsaɪd/ a chemical used Organic farmers
for killing insects, do not use toxic
especially those that pesticides.
damage crops
pollinate polinizar verb /ˈpɑləˌneɪt/ to place pollen from Bees are needed to
one flower on another pollinate the flowers.
flower in order to help
it to produce seed
raise criar verb /reɪz/ to take care of children/ For most parents,
young animals while raising a family is a
they are growing up positive challenge.
release liberación noun /rɪˈlis/ the act of letting an The release of the
[non-count] animal leave the place animals back into
where you have been the wild is our
keeping it ultimate aim.
sanctuary santuario noun /ˈsæŋktʃuˌeri/ a special area where The Serengeti
animals live in a natural National Park is
environment protected Africa’s most famous
from people wildlife sanctuary.
smuggler contrabandista noun /ˈsmʌɡ(ə)lər/ someone who secretly These species are
and illegally takes major targets for
things into or out of smugglers.
a country as a way of
earning money
the wild la naturaleza noun /waɪld/ an environment that Most of us have never
is natural seen elephants in
the wild.
underestimated subestimado adjective /ˌʌndərˈestɪˌmeɪtɪd/ a number or an amount The university
that is underestimated underestimated
is higher than someone the amount of time
thinks or guesses needed to install the
new system.

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